Preview 1. WHEN is the setting of this story? __________________________________________________________
2. Where is the setting? __________________________________________________________ 3. What are we told is Doodle's
problem? __________________________________________________________ 4. Who is telling the story? ____________________________________________________________
5. What is the expectation for Doodle's life? __________________________________________________________ 6. What does
the brother try to do to Doodle? __________________________________________________________

Part 1: Paragraph
17. Make a list of phrases referring to life/death: _________________________________________________________
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_________________________________________________________ _________________________________ 8. Make a list of phrases
referring to disease or decomposition: _________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ 9.
What replaces the "bleeding tree"

__________________________________________________________ 10. What does the grindstone grind away? __________________________________________________________
Part 211. What kind of crazy was old Miss Leedie? ____________________________________ 12. What
kind of crazy was Doodle? __________________________________________ 13. What was Aunt Nicey's reason for thinking that
Doodle would not die in infancy? ____________________________________________________________________ 14. What was
Doodle's real name? ___________________________________________________________ 15. What did his brother think was wrong
with the name? ___________________________________________________________ 16. What did the narrator want a brother to
do with him? ___________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________
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17. What did Mama mean by Doodle might not be "all There"?____________________________________________________________________

18. What made the narrator decide that Doodle was mentally okay? ____________________________________________________________________
19. What did Doodle accomplish that made him one of the family? ____________________________________________________________________
20. Why did the narrator name him &#8220; Doodle &#8220;? ____________________________________________________________________
21. Why did Aunt Nicey object to the nickname? ____________________________________________________________________
22. Why was renaming Doodle a kind thing to do? ____________________________________________________________________
Part 3 23. What did the narrator do to discourage Doodle from wanting to come with him? ____________________________________________________________________
24. What did the narrator learn when he "knew I was licked"?____________________________________________________________________
25. What "beauty"; did he show Doodle ? _____________________________________________________________ 26. What did
they usually do there? ____________________________________________________________________ 27. What made the narrator
mean to Doodle ? ____________________________________________________________________ 28. What did Brother make Doodle
do in the barn? ____________________________________________________________________ 29. What was Doodle's reaction?
_________________________________________ Part 4 30. How does the narrator describe pride? ____________________________________________________________________
31. Describe the picture that Brother painted for Doodle as a motivator for walking. ____________________________________________________________________
Part 532. What day did they choose to show off Doodle's ability to walk? ____________________________________________________________________
33. Why did Brother cry when Doodle told everyone that he had taught Doodle to walk? ____________________________________________________________________
34. What were the 2 common elements in all of Doodle's "lies"?____________________________________________________________________
35. What was the brothers' joint plan for the future? ____________________________________________________________________
Part 6 36. After Doodle successfully walked, what was Brother's long-term plan? ____________________________________________________________________
37. Why didn't they make much progress in the winter? ____________________________________________________________________
38. What was Doodle's reply when Brother asked him if he wanted to be different from everybody else when he started school?
____________________________________________________________________ Part 739. Why wouldn't
Brother admit defeat? _________________________________________________________________ 40. What had happened to the excitement
in the project? ____________________________________________________________________ 41. What was wrong with the bird's
wings?______________________________________________________________ 42. What happened to its eyes when it fell out of
the tree? ____________________________________________________________________ 43. What did it look like in death?
____________________________________________________________________ 44. What did Doodle do with the dead bird? ______________________________________________________________
45. Why did the family laugh? ______________________________________________________________ Part 846. What did both boys know as they headed home before the storm? ____________________________________________________________________
47. What was Doodle looking for from Brother? ____________________________________________________________________
48. Why did Brother run? ___________________________________________________ 49. Compare Doodle's physical body in
death with that of the Scarlet Ibis. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________
50. Compare Doodle's spirit with that of the Scarlet Ibis. ____________________________________________________________________
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When you have completed your assignments, notify your teacher that you are ready to
TAKE THE OBJECTIVE TEST.

Scarlet Ibis Subjective Test

PART 3: Essay Questions: Approximately 100 words each.

MOOD & SETTING:
Describe the setting of "The Scarlet Ibis" -- the time in history, the location in the world, the physical geography
& topography of the place they live-- and explain how the setting of the story affects the mood and atmosphere.

CONFLICT:Clearly Doodle has a physical conflict with his own body. His brother's conflicts are of a different nature. Identify
& describe Brother's conflicts in the story.

THEME: Describe the "lessons" of the story,
using examples to prove your points. Things to Consider:

When Brother asks Doodle if he would be embarressed to go to school unable to walk, Doodle doesn't see the
problem. Whose problem is it?

Brother abandons SYMBOLISM: Explain the connection between Doodle and the Ibis. Compare
the way they look when they die in order to establish that there is supposed to be a connection. Then explain how they are
alike.